BSplayer can't play .wmv file!!

hhhhhhzzzzzz · #1 (**permalink**) 22nd February 2006

I installed the K-Lite Mega codec, after I installed it, I can play avi etc
But I cant play wmv rmvb and rm in BSplayer
anybody can help me?

Tizio · #2 (**permalink**) 22nd February 2006

To play wvm you need to install WindowsMediaCodecs9 (I installed Windows MediaPlayer 9 and now I can play wmv files)..
For rm and rmvb RealAlternative included in KL codecpack should be enough, I can play them, but I think that there are some exceptions.
If you search the forum you'll be able to find them. Unfortunally (or fortunally) I don't have bad files that can't be played by BSplayer, so I don't know how to help you furter..

adicoto · #3 (**permalink**) 22nd February 2006

http://forum.bsplayer.org/viewtopic.php?t=3042

J7N · #4 (**permalink**) 23rd February 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tizio

To play wvm you need to install WindowsMediaCodecs9 (I installed Windows MediaPlayer 9 and now I can play wmv files)..

BSplayer is a lightweight not-integrated-with-everything alternative to M$ bloatware. It doesn't seem like a good idea to install WM just to play a few media files, if you have BS and basic DirectShow core (without the WM GUI, DRM blackboxes and stuff). If all ppl rejected WM/ASF, it would not exist on the Internet.

Instead of installing all the WM files, find a better copy of your video in some other format.

Tizio · #5 (**permalink**) 23rd February 2006

You often don't have the possibility to find different sources... Many streaming files are asx files, and many homemade videos are encoded with WMV, so it's a need for many people, not a choice

Falcon28 · #6 (**permalink**) 13th August 2014

I had had pretty same problem and the instalation of this solved the problem:

Download Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N with Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 KN with Service Pack 1 (KB968211) from Official Microsoft Download Center

Woody Smith · #7 (**permalink**) 9th October 2017

The files play just fine on .VLC and other media players. I have installed Windows Media Video 9 Decoder and K-Lite Mega.

It is odd that my BSP Pro v 2.62 can play SOME .WMV files, but only a small percentage.

If anyone has a solution to this, I would be most pleased. All of the solutions on this thread are woefully outdated and pertain to Windows 7.